Fair Play, New Jersey Explained

Fair Play, New Jersey
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Monmouth County#USA New Jersey#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Fair Play's location in Monmouth County (Inset: Monmouth County in New Jersey)
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Monmouth
Subdivision Type3:Township
Subdivision Name3:Millstone
Elevation M:44
Elevation Ft:144
Coordinates:40.2367°N -74.4647°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP Code
Blank Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank Info:882916
Unit Pref:imperial

Fair Play is a rural unincorporated community in Millstone Township, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] It is just south of Disbrow Hill and north of Rocky Brook on County Route 1 (Perrineville Road) at Fairplay Road, west of Perrineville and southeast of Hightstown.

History

The school district in Fair Play had 48 children attending in 1892,[2] and a school house existed in 1889.[3] Since the 1980s, much of the area has been developed as single-family homes in subdivisions.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search
  2. Book: Documents of the One Hundred and Sixteenth Legislature of the State of New Jersey . John L. Murphy . 1892 . 5 . 261.
  3. Wolverton, Chester. Driving Road Chart of Monmouth County, 1889
  4. Historicaerials.com, 1987 aerial photo of Fair Play